Bloggers 1, Smoke-Filled Room 0

MarkusQ writes "A few days ago a bi-partisan bill (PDF) to create a searchable on-line database of government contracts, grants, insurance, loans, financial assistance, earmarks and other such pork was put on 'secret hold' using a procedure that does not appear to be mentioned in the Constitution or in the Senate bylaws. This raised the ire of bloggers left and right and started an all out bi-partisan effort to expose the culprit by process of elimination. As it turns out it was our old friend the right honorable Senator from Alaska, Mr. 'Series of Tubes', Ted 'Bridge to Nowhere' Stevens."

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Re:Ackthpt's Theorem

[Dan Slotman]

We can expect a lot of red faces when same bi-partisan muck-rakers get their hands on the online database

After the 2004 election, I have great faith in the voters' ability to ignore incompetence and corruption.

Re:smoke filled room?

[ArmyOfFun]

The smoke is not from cigarettes, I know because I toured the Capitol Building. The smoke is actually from the candles light the place. The candles produce a lot of smoke because instead of being composed primarily of wax they're made of torn pieces of the Constitution, Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence.

Re:Scoreboard is a Little Off

[Nematode]

Just to illustrate a little further where Sen. Stevens' priorities (and shame) lie, remember that this is the man who said, when the Senate voted NOT to allow drilling in ANWR earlier this year, that it was the "saddest day of his life." Remember also that his wife died in a plane crash in 1978.

Now, maybe his wife was a very nasty person, but when an 83-year old man thinks that the saddest day of his life is not getting Exxon into a wildlife preserve....

Re:No Shit, Sherlock?

[XorNand]

Damnit. And that was at the top of my Netflix queue.

Re:Scoreboard is a Little Off

[Anonymous Coward]

You've never been married, have you?

For Ya'all Who Don't Know Ted Stevens

[Greyfox]

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